In our defense, the would-be Deep Ellum Block Party’s stated goal to bring over 300 bands and over 700 other visual artists, filmmakers, brewers, actors, dancers, comedians, authors, food vendors spread across 20 stages in Deep Ellum seemed a tad far-fetched from the jump. As we’ve pointed out before, that number would have more than doubled the amount of acts Spune booked for 2014’s Deep Ellum-held Index Fest — and that company is one that with exponentially more experience in booking festivals than Grace’s The Artist Collective company.

As rad as it all sounded, it wasn’t a huge shock then to receive a press release from Grace earlier today saying the Deep Ellum Block Party won’t be happening after all — not in 2015, anyway.

Per that release: “After a lot of consideration we have decided to postpone Deep Ellum Block Party. I am having some chronic health issues (and an impending surgery) that have made the festival happening this year impossible. We hope that things work out for 2016 and we’re trying to get our headliners (Yo La Tengo, Public Enemy, etc) rescheduled for then.”

Our attempts to reach out to Grace for further comment have not been returned. Still, the big takeaway from this morning’s announcement is that the Deep Ellum Block Party won’t be happening this April, as scheduled. It will potentially be rescheduled for 2016.

Cory Graves is the Associate Editor at Central Track. He enjoys not only writing about Dallas and its local music scene, but being a part of it as a member of the band Vandoliers. Courtney Love once referred to him onstage as “my fucking therapist,” which he immediately put on his resume.